Monthly Archives: December, 2011
Happy Hour: Shaking The Penny Jar
- Governor Phil is trying to get some federal aid for 10 counties that were affected by the flooding last month, not to be confused with the May flood. It’s been a tough year for Tennessee on the rain front, eh? [WTVF]
- A Nashville man is suing Whole Foods and Starbucks after buying an explosive bottle of Tazo tea from the Green Hills Whole Foods. The glass from the bottle allegedly burst and severed a tendon in his right hand, for which he has had to have extensive surgery. [City Paper]
- Tennessee wants us all to buy electric cars so badly that they’re willing to shell out a $2,500 rebate for the first 1,000 sold. [WTVF]
- Metro still isn’t going to take over the town of Lakewood after residents voted to dissolve their charger 400-399 last month. Due to some allegedly shady voting practices, they’d rather vote on it again. [City Paper]
Photo by James Mundie.
Governor Phil is trying to get some federal aid for 10 counties that were affected by the flooding last month, not to be confused with the May flood. It’s been a tough year for Tennessee on the rain front, eh? [WTVF] A Nashville man is suing Whole Foods and Starbucks after buying an explosive bottle [...]
Bright & Early: All Is Fair Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The Tennessee State Fair and Fairgrounds have been in constant limbo for the past year or so with Mayor Dean proposing to shut it down by the first of July, then extending the closing date to the end of the year with various groups fighting to keep it around as a 104-year old Tennessee tradition. This year, the fair has changed hands for one last hurrah and kicks off this Friday, September 10th through September 19th. Most believe this will be the for-real last time we see the Tennessee State Fair. As for the Fairgrounds, folks are still trying to convince the city keep it open for other events, like the Saturday flea market, while they decide what they’re going to do with the space. There’s also a chance that an old Dillard’s inside the Hickory Hollow Mall could be converted to an expo center to play host to those events.
- Don’t let the bedbugs bite. Bedbugs have become such a problem in Nashville (and the rest of the country!) that Metro will be pulling together dozens of bug experts for a September 22nd symposium in hopes of finding some sort of solution that works for our city. As one exterminator told WKRN, “They’re everywhere. You can’t get away from them, it’s almost an epidemic.” Awesome.
- Hitting the road. A new round of stimulus funding specifically targeted at roadway and rail improvement could send as much as $1 billion our way for sprucing up our road systems. TDOT assures us that they’ve got plenty of projects in mind for that money already.
- Bits & pieces. The Opry Mills Nike store will become the Cool Springs Nike store for the time being until their flood-damaged home reopens … It’s going to be a cloudy, rainy day thanks to that tropical system Texas is sending our way … North Nashville experienced some power outages early this morning when a van lost control and crashed into a utility pole on Dickerson Road.
Photo by flyba.
Good morning, Nashville. The Tennessee State Fair and Fairgrounds have been in constant limbo for the past year or so with Mayor Dean proposing to shut it down by the first of July, then extending the closing date to the end of the year with various groups fighting to keep it around as a 104-year [...]
Happy Hour: Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb B’what?
- A woman was arrested last weekend at BNA when she threatened to blow up the airport because American Airlines lost her bag. At least they did not break her guitar? [WKRN]
- Some bones discovered at a flood-damaged property out in Bellevue are thought to be Native American bones that are a few-hundred years old. [WKRN]
- Only three Tennesseans died in traffic accidents over Labor Day weekend, which still sucks, but that makes it the least deadly Labor Day weekend since 1962. Go team! [WTVF]
- Mayor Dean is proposing that some property taxes be used to pay for the land on which Omni plans to build the convention center hotel. [WSMV]
- Nashville is apparently the 28th most stressed-out city in America, according to Portfolio.com. [WSMV]
Photo by sarafigal.
A woman was arrested last weekend at BNA when she threatened to blow up the airport because American Airlines lost her bag. At least they did not break her guitar? [WKRN] Some bones discovered at a flood-damaged property out in Bellevue are thought to be Native American bones that are a few-hundred years old. [WKRN] [...]
Bright & Early: Shoot For The Moon Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Mayor Dean spent Labor Day up in New York trying to woo a group of World Cup officials into selecting Nashville as a finalist for hosting the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. This idea has been floating around for a while, and Nashville is one of the 18 US cities in the running. Mayor Dean believes LP Field is “uniquely qualified to be converted into a soccer stadium” for the event even though we’ve got some stiff competition in the way of Washington DC, New York, San Diego, Chicago and the like. We can’t say we have extremely high hopes, but hey! The estimated $400 million in revenue it would bring in does sound pretty good. FIFA officials will be touring possible host cities over the next few weeks.
- Just keep him and his Ferrari off I-65, please. The internet rumor mill is a-churning this morning with rumors of Albert Haynesworth returning to the Titans sometime in the very near future. The Titans have refused to comment, though.
- Batman building contractor passes away. Ray Bell, the contractor responsible for lots of recognizable structures in our city, passed away over the weekend at age 69. Bell’s firm built the Batman Building, the Gateway Bridge TPAC and most currently the Music City Center.
- Bits & pieces. Those of you commuting in from the ‘boro might have noticed that 6-car pile-up that snarled traffic pretty badly this morning. Fortunately, no one had any life-threatening injuries … Businesses on Music Valley Drive out by Opry Mills had a little “Rally for the Valley” over the weekend in hopes of reviving businesses along that strip … Tennessee and 16 other states successfully pressured Craigslist into shutting down the adult services section … Green Hills residents are just so upset at the overflowing state of their recycling drop-off center, even calling it a travesty … Belmont just keeps growing and growing, and growing some more …
Photo by manieldack.
Good morning, Nashville. Mayor Dean spent Labor Day up in New York trying to woo a group of World Cup officials into selecting Nashville as a finalist for hosting the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. This idea has been floating around for a while, and Nashville is one of the 18 US cities in the [...]
Oh, Snap: Get Your Photos Featured On Nashvillest
- Location, location, location. Since we’re a Nashville-centric blog, we’re looking for pictures from in and around Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Not that we don’t love to see those beautiful vacation photos from our globetrottin’ Nashvillians, but we try to keep our own pool focused on the sights here at home.
- We can’t use them if we can’t download them. There are lots of gorgeous photos that we’d love to share with our readers, but privacy settings prevent us from doing so. Though there are lots of reasons you may choose to disable downloading for your photos, this means you won’t see them featured on the site. If you’d like to see your photos on Nashvillest, please adjust your privacy settings. Feel free to add us as a contact if you’d still like to limit downloads to your contacts only.
- Don’t spam us. We understand that many of you are pros and like to display your portraits and wedding photography on Flickr. We’ve also seen a couple of folks posting ads or photos of products they have for sale. These aren’t the kind of photos we’re looking for, and out of respect for all the other folks who check out the pool each day, we will be removing those at our discretion.
- Seriously, y’all. No nudity. We try to keep it family-friendly around here and we feel very confident that there are many, many Flickr pools for those boob pictures you keep sending us. The Nashvillest pool is not one of them.
- Have fun! You all are our eyes and ears. If you’re at a cool event, take some pictures and put them in the pool! If you see something funny or downright weird in your travels around Music City, snap some photos of it and put them in the pool. If you’re staring at a gorgeous sunset over the Harpeth, send us that too. We want to see what you see.
Photo by Nathan T. Baker.
Every day on Nashvillest, we do our best to brighten up our posts with some fun, eye-catching photos that help us see our city through different eyes–your eyes, actually. Most of the photos you see here are taken by our readers and submitted to us through the Nashvillest Flickr pool. But things stay pretty busy [...]
Happy Hour: Face Off
- The ‘Dores will go head to head with the Northwestern Wild Cats, this time with Coach Robbie Caldwell at the helm. Good thing someone paid to have his face painted on the side of that building just in time, huh? Thanks, John Rich! [WTVF]
- The Feds have officially ruled out the possibility that the Murfreesboro mosque construction site somehow lit itself on fire and have declared it to be arson. They’re now offering $20,000 for any information that can lead them to the arrest and conviction of the arsonist(s). [City Paper]
- Good news! Our roads ranked 19th in the country. [WPLN]
- Extreme Home Makeover needs some volunteers (as in 3,000-4,000) to help them rebuild a flood victim’s house and make it super-fancy, as they are wont to do. Sign up over at Nashvillebuild.com. [WKRN]
- Edwin Warner Park is still in pretty sorry shape from the flood, as they must wait on some geological surveys that will help them get the assistance they need. [WKRN]
Photo by Nathan T. Baker.
The ‘Dores will go head to head with the Northwestern Wild Cats, this time with Coach Robbie Caldwell at the helm. Good thing someone paid to have his face painted on the side of that building just in time, huh? Thanks, John Rich! [WTVF] The Feds have officially ruled out the possibility that the Murfreesboro [...]
The Weekendist: No Labor, All Play Edition
Happy Labor Day weekend, Nashville! We hope you’re planning on taking full advantage of this 3-day weekend’s sunny-and-70-degree temperatures. If you have any downtime between barbecues, check out our picks for this weekend. We’ll be observing the long weekend and taking a breather on Monday, but we extended The Weekendist through Monday to make up for it. And as always, if you know of an event we forgot to include, drop us a line in the comments!
FRIDAY
- Clips of Faith Beer & Film Tour. Public Square Park, 6-9pm, free admission, $1 for 3oz beer samples. New Belgium is hitting the road with their line of “playground beers,” known as Lips of Faith, for a beer & film tour. Bring a blanket or a chair and come watch fan-created films while tasting up to a dozen beers from the Lips of Faith line. Beer + film = Our kind of party.
- Shakespeare In The Park: Love’s Labor’s Lost. Centennial Park, 6:30pm, $5 donation suggested (but not required). It’s the second-to-last week of this year’s Shakespeare In The Park, and it runs every night from Thursday through Monday this week. Preshow entertainment starts at 6:30pm, and the main attraction begins at 7:30pm each night.
- Kyle Andrews EP Release. Mercy Lounge, 9pm, free (21+). Kyle Andrews was one of your Nashvillest editors’ first foray into the local music scene when we moved here a handful of years ago, and he’ll always have a soft spot in our hearts for that. His EP release show tonight is free, and he’s rounded up some excellent acts to accompany him, including Heypenny, Mother/Father and Gold Motel. If you can’t make it tonight, he has a Grimey’s in-store lined up for tomorrow (Saturday) evening at 5pm.
- Nashville CREAM 4th Anniversary Bash. Exit/In, 9pm, $5 (18+). The Nashville Scene’s all-things-music (and some-things-not) blog, Nashville CREAM, is turning 4 (that’s practically ancient in blog-years). Join them for a party with DJ sets, drink specials, a photobooth, a bunch of super cool prizes, and a performance of Weezer’s Pinkerton album in its entirety by My So-Called Band. Other artists in the lineup include Shaky Voices, Tristen and Courtney Tidwell.
- McFadden’s 3 Year Anniversary Party with Flavor Flav. McFadden’s, $15 (21+), no one seems to want to disclose the time. Hey Nashville CREAM, why isn’t Flavor Flav coming to YOUR birthday party? Flavor Flav will be holding down the fort at McFadden’s for their third birthday bash, signing autographs and um, hanging out, aka doing what he does best. McFadden’s says “dress code enforced,” which is probably due to the last “PJ Party” Flavor Flav attended in the ‘Boro last year, so… there’s that. All we ask is for some brave Nashvillest operative to go undercover and take some pictures for us. We’ll <3 you forever!
SATURDAY
- Musician’s Corner. Centennial Park, 3-6pm, free. This week’s Musician’s Corner lineup includes Joseph Lemay, Half Brass, The Scissormen, Shelly Fraley and Parachute Musical. If you haven’t been to a Musician’s Corner yet, you’re really missing out on one of Nashville’s best new events – And if the temperatures have been keeping you away, this week is the perfect time to give it a whirl.
- First Saturday Art Crawl. Downtown art galleries, 6-9pm, free. It’s a staple around the Nashvillest HQ, and with the cooler temperatures, September is the perfect month for an art-hop.
- The Civil Wars and Madi Diaz with Peter Groenwaldz. 3rd & Lindsley, 8pm (6pm doors), $10. Local favorites The Civil Wars and Madi Diaz are wrapping up their eastern-US “Indian Summer Tour” in Nashville. Welcome them home! Tickets can be purchased in advance HERE. If you’re not familiar with The Civil Wars, you can download a free live album HERE and decide for yourself.
- The 21st Annual Franklin Jazz Festival. Downtown Franklin square, Saturday & Sunday at 4pm, $8 advance/$10 doors. If you’re in the mood to head south for the afternoon, this year’s Franklin Jazz Festival is cranking up the music on Saturday and Sunday with two stages of jazz performances by national & regional acts. The full lineup for both days is here.
SUNDAY
- Celebrate Labor Day with Cory Chisel & Friends. The Basement, 8pm, $8. Cory Chisel comes through Nashville several times a year, and get excited every time. We just can’t get enough of this singer/songwriter’s sometimes-folky, sometimes-poppy, sometimes rock’n'roll tunes.
- The Southern Comedy Quartet Comedy Tour. Jesse Zane’s Nashville Nights, 8pm, $10. Nationally-touring comedians Sean Patton, Nate Bargatze, Jarrod Harris and Rory Scovel are joining forces for both a tour and to film a documentary about the dark, seedy underbelly of being a touring comedian. Okay, okay, maybe not so dark or seedy, but they describe their acts as “comedy from the trenches,” and Sunday’s performance marks the first date of the tour and filming kickoff for the documentary.
MONDAY
- Anberlin in-store & Labor Day BBQ. Grimey’s, 1pm, free. Whether you’re an Anberlin fan or just looking for some good barbecue on Labor Day afternoon, Grimey’s got what you need. Preorder the new Anberlin record (details here) for guaranteed entrance to the in-store, or just show up and cross your fingers that there’s not 300 people there already.
Photo by Mykl Roventine.
Happy Labor Day weekend, Nashville! We hope you’re planning on taking full advantage of this 3-day weekend’s sunny-and-70-degree temperatures. If you have any downtime between barbecues, check out our picks for this weekend. We’ll be observing the long weekend and taking a breather on Monday, but we extended The Weekendist through Monday to make up [...]
Bright & Early: It’s The Sun Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We just can’t help but get a little giddy when we check out the weekend weather report, which is currently calling for 70s and sunshine tomorrow. Overnight and early morning temperatures will dip into the 50s with higher elevations possibly even seeing some 40s. All we have to do is get through a few pop-up showers around noon and we’ll be golden for the rest of the weekend.
- Debt-free is the way to be. Out of 50 states and Washington, DC, Tennessee ranks dead last in debt. As in, we currently borrow less money than any other state in the country.
- Indian tribes lose recognition. Six Indian tribes will lose their state recognition as a result of a lawsuit against the Tennessee Commission on Indian Affairs because the commission violated open meeting laws when voting to recognize the tribes in June. The commission is also now defunct.
- Zero tolerance. The State Troopers would like to remind everyone that they won’t be tolerating any sort of driving under the influence over the holiday weekend and they’ll have sobriety checkpoints set up all over the place. So call (or text!) a cab, call your mom or do whatever you need to do to find a safe ride home.
- Bits & pieces. The Titans toppled the Saints last night, but it was awfully close … We’re not shy about loving all things local, and now there’s even a local energy drink … The 28th Avenue Connector concept is back in the running … Operation Photo Rescue will be in town next week to help flood victims restore flood-damaged photos.
Photo by Grey Street Girl.
Good morning, Nashville. We just can’t help but get a little giddy when we check out the weekend weather report, which is currently calling for 70s and sunshine tomorrow. Overnight and early morning temperatures will dip into the 50s with higher elevations possibly even seeing some 40s. All we have to do is get through [...]
Happy Hour: Wrap ‘Em Up
- Metro is once again considering slapping some ads on school buses in order to generate extra revenue. They estimate that putting ads on just 30-40% of the school buses could translate into a half-million dollars. [WSMV]
- Tennessee could be joining a consortium with 10 other states to develop a new computerized system for standardized testing. No more Scantron! But more significantly, those states would all be learning, testing and being evaluated on the same material. [Tennessean]
- We got a few more details on Omni’s plan to build and finance the convention center hotel this afternoon after the Convention Center Authority signed off on the predevelopment agreement. Basically, Omni will front the $225 million for the project and Metro will slowly pay them back $103 million out of tourism taxes over the next 20 years. They’ll also be getting some tax incentives. Sadly, we have to wait a whole month to see what it’s going to look like. [WSMV]
- A couple of men and a teenager were busted for peddling drugs out of a “tire shop” on 3rd Avenue North. Also in the building were countless lawn mowers, bikes and generators that were likely stolen. [WSMV]
- We keep hearing about this ambitious sidewalk and bike path plan, but what is it? Well, we at least know that there’s 750 miles of sidewalk and 1,000 miles of bike lanes in it for us. [WSMV]
Photo by Jon Erickson.
Metro is once again considering slapping some ads on school buses in order to generate extra revenue. They estimate that putting ads on just 30-40% of the school buses could translate into a half-million dollars. [WSMV] Tennessee could be joining a consortium with 10 other states to develop a new computerized system for standardized testing. [...]
Save The Date For Nashville’s Next Restaurant Week, September 13-19
Get your bellies ready! Nashville Originals’ semiannual Restaurant Week is coming up, and we’re stuck trying to figure out how we can eat at 41 establishments in just seven days. That’s right, we said 41 – September’s Restaurant Week is the biggest yet.
Restaurant Week is heaven for food lovers, with multiple course, fixed price meals at $20.10 or $30.10 (and the occasional latte at $2.10). Participating restaurants are Nashville’s cream of the crop, including 55 South, Acorn, Allium, Blind Pig No. 55, Bound’ry, Cabana, Caffe Nonna, Cha Chah, Cross Corner Bar & Grill, Crows Nest, DrinkHaus, Fido, Flyte, F. Scott’s, Germantown Café, Goten Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar, Jackson’s, Jimmy Kelly’s Steakhouse, MafiaOza’s, Mambu, Midtown Café, Nero’s Grill, Noshville Midtown, Green Hills and Cool Springs, The Pineapple Room at Cheekwood, PM, Provence Hillsboro Village, Downtown and Green Hills, Puckett’s Gro. & Restaurant, Red Pony, Rumba, SOL, Sunset Grill, Suzy Wong’s House of Yum, tayst, Tin Angel, Watermark, Wild Iris and The Yellow Porch.
It’s a great chance to try a few new places at a low cost, or try a new offering at an old favorite. Watch Nashville Originals for Restaurant Week menus, make your decisions (eeny, meeny, miny, moe works) and call ahead for a reservation, because it’s going to be a busy week. If you already know where you’re heading, we’d love to hear from you in the comments – Help us (and other readers) make our decisions!
Get your bellies ready! Nashville Originals’ semiannual Restaurant Week is coming up, and we’re stuck trying to figure out how we can eat at 41 establishments in just seven days. That’s right, we said 41 – September’s Restaurant Week is the biggest yet. Restaurant Week is heaven for food lovers, with multiple course, fixed price meals [...]
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